History Myths & Misconceptions Debunked

Debunking Historical Misconceptions & Myths That Are Common
How Every Country Got Nuclear Weapons    • How Every Country Got Nuclear Weapons Expl...  

Explaining the truth behind some of the biggest myths and misconceptions throughout history that are commonly believed. Including George Washington, atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Jesus Christ, Japanese Samurais, Christopher Columbus, the American Civil War, Napoleon Bonaparte, The Trojan Horse, Cleopatra, The Pyramids of Giza, Dinosaurs, Julius Caesar, Salem Witch Trials, Colossus of Rhodes, Middle Ages, Cinco de Mayo and much more.


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Credits & Sources:

Nagasaki Mission Timeline
https://web.archive.org/web/201202112...
Trojan Horse
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/my...
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/d...
George Washingtons Teeth
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/d...
Tanegashima Footage
   • Tanegashima: Guns of the Samurai  
   • Matsumoto Castle Samurai Gunnery Demonstra...  
The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/pr...
Pyramid Footage
   • Egypt's Great Pyramid: How it was Construc...  
   • First View of this Pyramid Construction Te...  
   • Egyptology - Pyramid Construction  
Salem Witch Trials
https://www.history.com/news/salem-wi...

Film Clips
Troy (2004)
The Trojan Horse (1961)
Free State of Jones (2016)
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Cleopatra (1963)
Brimstone (2016)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)